LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, South West, Nigeria have arrested Professor Yusufu Ameh Obaje, 74, a former chaplain, Sanni Abimbola Olive, 39, a Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and charged them before the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos Island for allegedly obtaining the sum…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The observance of Eid-el-Kabir on Wednesday turned into a carnival and a unification event for residents on Lagos Island. The Muslim community’s yearly ritual of ram slaughtering was marked with much fanfare among Islanders amid music entertainment, cooking, eating, and the popping of champagne. The event, which began with prayers in mosques…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is still unclear what the loss and casualties are as a fire outbreak on Sunday morning gutted a building at the Balogun Market located on the Lagos Island area of Lagos. This is the fifth time the market has gone up in flames. A similar incident occurred at the market sometime…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The INTERPOL Cybercrime Unit NCB Abuja has arrested 12 alleged members of a prolific Cybercrime network as part of a Nigeria Police Operation coordinated with the INTERPOL. Arrested by the Officers of the Cybercrime Unit of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja Nigeria, the suspects were said to be members of ‘Silver…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four persons have died in a building collapse at Lagos Island on Sunday, while eight others were injured. The collapsed building is a three-storey building that was still under construction. Confirming the incident, Nosa Okunbor, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the cause of the collapse is…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire has broken out at the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island. Videos shared on Twitter on Tuesday show a section of the market in flames. According to reports, the building on fire is a shopping plaza located at 43, Martins Street, Lagos Island. Firemen from the Lagos State Fire Service and…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Three-year-old survival of the recent building collapse at Ita Faji on Lagos Island, Kabiru Sasore, Monday said he is afraid of going to school again. He said he was eating in his class when he suddenly heard a loud sound, thinking it was a bomb. “I was eating in my class…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Building Control Agency, on Friday morning, commenced the demolition of defective buildings within Lagos Island. About 180 houses will be demolished in the exercise, according to the General Manager of LASBCA, Mr Lekan Shodeinde. He said 20 would be demolished on Friday. The agency’s task force began with the…